Attorneys

Meet Our New York City Personal Injury Attorneys – Serving Manhattan, Long Island, and Victims Statewide

At the New York City law firm of David Horowitz, PC, we exclusively represent the victims of catastrophic personal injury, auto accidents, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. For nearly 50 years, we have helped victims obtain compensation for their injuries. Indeed, each New York City personal injury attorney at our Manhattan and Long Island-area firm has achieved significant verdicts and settlements on behalf of clients. Serving clients throughout the greater metropolitan area and statewide, we help victims recover compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering.

The attorneys at our law firm are renowned for our representation of catastrophic injury victims. To schedule a free consultation with the law office of David Horowitz, PC, contact a New York City personal injury attorney today.

Our Partners:

• David Horowitz
• Steven Horowitz

Our Associates:

• Gloria Drelich
• David Fischman
• Christopher Joslin
• Joanna Plonska
• David Roer
• William Sanyer

David Horowitz

New York City personal injury attorney David Horowitz is the president and founder of the law firm of David Horowitz, PC He was admitted to the Bar in 1957, having graduated first in his class from Brooklyn Law School. From our first office at his home on Washington Avenue in the Bronx to our current facility at 171 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, he has always had the interests of clients foremost in his mind.

Under the leadership of David Horowitz, the firm has obtained millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements. We are especially proud that many of our current clients are grandchildren of clients we served years ago. Not only does he treat clients as family, his own family is now a part of the firm. His son, Steven Horowitz has become a partner in his firm and is continuing the Horowitz tradition of hard work, attention to detail, love of the law, and respect for clients. David Horowitz continues to work and to devote his full attention to his clients and their needs.

Education

• Brooklyn Law School
  • Bachelor of Laws
• City College of New York
  • Bachelor of Arts

Honors: cum laude; staff member, Law Review; Dean Prince’s Evidence Award; Equity Award

Bar Admissions

State Courts

• New York

Federal Courts

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Common name misspellings: horowtz, horwitz, horotwiz

Contact New York City personal injury attorney David Horowitz at our Manhattan and Long Island-area law firm to schedule a free consultation and case evaluation.

Steven Horowitz

New York City personal injury attorney Steven Horowitz takes great pride in continuing the litigation strategies developed by his father over the past 48 years. A partner at the firm, Steven handles the appellate practice. He has handled a wide spectrum of plaintiffs personal injury appeals, including those involving premises liability accidents, trip and falls, construction accidents, automobile accidents, and wrongful deaths. With such an attorney on our team, if your case is decided improperly by a lower court judge, this firm is comfortable fighting for you in the higher courts by seeking appellate review of the legal basis of the decision. Likewise, if your adversary seeks appellate review of a lower court decision, this firm is prepared to oppose such an appeal.

Steven Horowitz also brings his appellate court experience to each case handled at the firm regardless of whether it involves an appeal. From the outset, he is involved in developing the theory of your case based on the most recent decisions by the appellate courts. As your case progresses, he will be intimately involved in any complex, substantive motion or other complex legal issues that may arise in the trial court.

Education

• Yeshiva University
  • Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Tufts University
  • Bachelor of Arts

Honors: cum laude; staff member, Law Review; member of the Order of the Coif

Bar Admissions

State Courts

• New York
• New Jersey 

Federal Courts

• Eastern District of New York
• Southern District of New York
• District of New Jersey 

Common name misspellings: stephen, horowtz, horwitz, horotwiz

To discuss your potential claim with New York City personal injury attorney Steven Horowitz, contact our Manhattan and Long Island-area office today.

Gloria Drelich, Esq.

Gloria Drelich has spent the bulk of her legal career with David Horowitz, Esq.  In fact, she has been a part of this firm for thirty years and was trained by him.  As such, she brings his aggressive litigation strategies to anything she handles.

Her experience is not only vast, but varied.  For example, she oversees all Matrimonial Actions, Wills, Estates and Real Estate transactions.  In addition, she brings her varied experience to bear in drafting pleadings for personal injury actions.  As such, she is able to artfully plead your case no matter how unusual the facts may be.

Education:

• Sarah Lawrence College
  • B.A., Bachelor of Arts
• Columbia University
  • Masters, French Literature
  • Ph.D., French Literature
• New York University Law School
  • J.D., Doctor of Jurispudence

Honors: Woodrow Wilson Fellowship

Bar Admissions

STATE COURTS

• New York
• New Jersey

David Fischman 

An attorney for over 37 years, Mr. Fischman has extensive courtroom and trial experience representing injured people. He started his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Bronx. Mr. Fischman has successfully applied the skills he learned as a prosecutor to the field of personal injury and medical malpractice. He has represented clients injured due to accidents and medical malpractice for more than 30 years. As an experienced attorney, Mr. Fischman has a unique ability to effectively communicate with judges and juries in obtaining the best results possible for his clients.

Christopher Joslin

Chris Joslin has spent the past twenty-eight years working for the same firm representing clients who have been seriously injured due to the negligence of others. He has obtained verdicts in significant personal injury cases and medical malpractice cases including: a $35.7 million dollar payout obtained during trial in New York County for a passenger who was paralyzed when the vehicle he was traveling in was struck by a tractor trailer; a $5 million dollar settlement in Bronx County for a parking garage attendant who was injured when a car elevator door fell crushing his leg; a $3.1 million dollar settlement in New York County for a construction worker who sustained multiple bodily injuries; a $2.25 million dollar settlement in Bronx County for a construction worker who injured his hand due to a hand saw that was missing the blade guard; a $2 million dollar settlement in Queens County for a pedestrian struck by vehicle due to the negligence of a New York City Crossing Guard; a $1.75 million dollar settlement for a construction worker injured while working on a construction site in the Bronx; a $1.65 million dollar settlement during trial in Bronx County for a passenger injured in a motor vehicle accident; a $1.6 million dollar settlement during trial in Westchester County for a plaintiff injured when the outside deck she was standing on collapsed; a $1.5 million dollar settlement during trial in Bronx County for a plaintiff injured as a result of an assault; a $1.8 million dollar verdict in Kings County for a construction worker who fell on the job site sustaining a fracture to his ankle; $1.8 million dollar verdict in Kings County for a worker who tripped and fell over a misplaced lobby mat sustaining injuries to her neck, shoulder and knee; $1.25 million dollar settlement in Nassau County for 65 year old passenger injured in a motor vehicle who exacerbated a lower back injury that resulted in L4-5 fusion.

Military Experience

United States Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
United States Marine Corps Reserve. National Service Defense Medal; Selective Marine Corps Reserve Medal; Meritorious Unit Citation.

Education

• St. John's University School of Law
  • JD Law
    • Admitted State of New York Admitted Second Circuit Court of Appeals Admitted United States Tax Court Admitted United States District Court Eastern District of New York Admitted United States District Court Southern District of New York Admitted United States District Court Western District of New York Member New York State Trial Lawyers Association
• Baldwin Wallace University
  • BA Political Science
    • Activities and societies: Alpha Tau Omega; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Class President 1986 and 1987; Harvard Model United Nations; Graduated Magna Cum Laude
    • Magna Cum Laude
• American University
  • Political Science 
    • Activities and societies: Washington Semester Program. Completed thesis on Chemical Weapons Delivery Systems

Joanna Plonska

Joanna Plonska joined David Horowitz, P.C. in September 2019. Her practice area focuses primarily on drafting pleadings for all personal injury actions. Prior to joining the firm, Joanna was a defense attorney, handling premises liability, motor vehicle accidents and Labor Law cases. Joanna's defense experience allows her the flexibility to see each matter from both sides.

Education 

New York Law School
Honors: Cum Laude, Staff Member, Law Review   

Bar Admissions: 

STATE COURTS:

• New York 
• New Jersey

Multilingual:

• Polish 
• Russian 

David Roer, Esq. 

David Roer is a senior litigation associate at David Horowitz P.C. who joined the firm in June of 2019.  He manages a litigation team dedicated to recovering monetary damages for people injured in automobile accidents, premise liability accidents, labor law accidents, medical malpractice accidents and civil rights infringements.  

Mr. Roer has been representing injured clients in New York City since his arrival in 2013.  Prior to joining us he gained years of invaluable experience as a plaintiff’s litigator at notable NYC Injury law firms.

Mr. Roer is a highly skilled negotiator who has successfully obtained millions of dollars in personal injury settlements.  He has proven especially proficient in the art of mediation where he has successfully obtained settlement values above and beyond the goals of his client’s.  For cases that cannot settle, Mr. Roer is a capable trial attorney who is not afraid to take a client’s case to a Jury to win.

Education:  

J.D., Western New England University School of Law
B.S., University at Buffalo

Admissions:

New York State Bar

Memberships: 

New York State Bar Association.

William J. Sanyer

William J. Sanyer joined David Horowitz, P.C. in 1997 as a paralegal.  In 2004, inspired how the law can positively impact a person’s life, and with the guidance of his mentor, David Horowitz, Esq., Mr. Sanyer enrolled in law school where he developed his trial advocacy skills and legal reasoning. In 2007, Mr. Sanyer graduated law school and successfully became a member of the New York (2008) and New Jersey (2007) State Attorney Bars. He returned full time to David Horowitz, P.C.
 
Today, Mr. Sanyer is a highly experienced and knowledgeable attorney practicing in both New York and New Jersey and is committed to aggressively obtaining full compensation for our clients. In that regard, he is a master at developing a legal theory and strategy for prosecuting multiple types of personal injury cases. He is one of our top legal writers, litigators and negotiators. Mr. Sanyer’s reputation as an experienced litigator is evident by the fact that he is invited yearly to be a guest speaker at his Alma mater to educate students on the art of taking a deposition, a necessary skill of a trial litigation practitioner.
 
Significantly, Mr. Sanyer’s bilingual skills allow him to communicate directly with all our Hispanic clients. If you speak Spanish and have a legal issue, William is the attorney you want.
 
William is part of the family at David Horowitz, P.C. and we are proud to count him among our elite attorneys.
 

Education: 

City University of New York School of Law
J.D. Doctor of Jurisprudence 
Honors: Moot Court Member, Trail Practice Coach and Competitor, Torts Law Teachers Assistant 

New York City College of Technology, Formerly 
B.S. in Legal Studies with Honors 
Honors:  Commencement Speaker, Joyce Buck Speech Award 
 

Bar Admissions: 

State Courts: 

• New York 
• New Jersey 

Federal Courts: 

• Southern District of New York 
• Eastern District of New York 
• District of New Jersey 

Bilingual 

• SPANISH

Memberships: 

• New York State Bar Association 
• American Bar Association 
• Cuny Law School Alumni Association 
• Community Legal Resource Network at Cuny Law School 
   

Hobbies:

• Cross-training
• Youth Baseball Coach
• Basketball
• Chess
   

For a consultation with an experienced New York City personal injury attorney, one convenient to Manhattan, Long Island, and New York’s other boroughs, contact the law office of David Horowitz, PC Our lawyers can help you obtain fair compensation for your injuries.